Ice receptacle



Aug. zo, 193s.

H. D. EwARD ICE RECEPTACLE Filed April 14, 195s H. D Eward v ATTORNEY Patented ug. 20, 1935 UNITED' STATES ICE RECEPTACLE Harold D. Eward, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Application April 14,

" 6 Claims.

The invention relates to receptacles in which ice may be supported for delivery purposes.

In the delivery of ice from wagons ortrucks the long established custom has been for the driver 5 to engage the cake with a pair of tongs,lswing the cake onto his shoulder and carry it into the building. His clothing soon becomes very wet. If it is necessary tomake room in the refrigerator for the new cake the driver generally places it on the l floor in order to use his hands in arranging the refrigerator and the oor becomes wet from the melting ice. Carriers have been used to some eX- tent but all such require the placing of the ice in the receptacle while it rests on the ground or tom of the receptacle and is brought into the building and when the receptacle is placed on the floor to remove the ice therefrom the dirt is This, of course, is objec- 20 ing drawing in which Figure 1 isa perspective View of a receptacle embodying the invention, Fig. 2 an end View in perspective, Fig. 3 a plan view ofone of the cleats and Fig. 4 an edge view of the cleat.

Referring to the illustrative embodiment of the invention, the receptacle is formedv of a sheet of material such as canvas of suitable weight which is water and mildew proofed. The sheet is folded 3, Il are closed by folding the material and sewing the folds together. A strip of webbing 5 is atltached to the upper edge of the sides and ends to reinforce the said edge, and each end is suitably reinforced at the bottom and side edges by the rope 6 which is sewed in the fabric in suitable manner.

A suitable handle 1, preferably formed of leathwhich latter end preferably slopes outwardly downwardly, so that when a cake of ice is in the receptacleand the handle I is engaged by the hand to support the receptacle in' the position 55 on the wagon or truck. Dirt collects on the bot- The invention is illustrated in the accompany? to form the two opposite sides I, 2 and the ends er, is attached to the upper part of the end 3 and a web handle 8 is attached to the opposite end 4,

shown in Fig. 1, one end of the cake rests on the 1933, Serial N0. 666,184 l sloping end 4 and tends to slide down said slope against the bottom 9. The supporting of the receptacle by the handle 'I causes the ice cake to engage the cleats or prong members lIl) that are attached to the end 4 adjacent to the upper edge thereof and also to engage the cleats or prong members II which are attached to the sides I, 2

adjacent to the open edge thereof.

A ring I2 is suitably attached to the lower edge of the end 4. j In use, the operator places the cake or piec of ice to be carried at the rear end of the bed of .the vehicle with one endextending a short distancel over said edge. The receptacle is inverted and slipped over the ice cake and the handle 'I is gripped in the hand and by pulling thereon the cake is -pulled off the vehicle, the other hand of. the operator being used to support the ice at -the bottom thereof during such' movement. As the cake and receptacle are lowered the supporting hand is removed from the cake and placed over the other hand that grips the handle I to aid it in swinging the ice to the shoulder with the bottom of the receptacle in Contact with the shoulder. The sloping end of the receptacle and the cleats which engage the ice, when the side Wall-s of the receptacle are drawn tightly against the cakeby the draught on the handle l, retain the cake in the receptacle while it is being elevated tothe shoulder. Upon arriving at the refrigerator the operator may readily slide the load off his'shoulder and engage one of his hands on the other handle 8, whereupon the load may be' lowered to the floor with the bottom of the receptacle engaging the same, and the cake maybe removed froml the receptacle by using the ice tongs if desired. To make this removal of the cake from the receptacle easy, the foot may be placed on the ring I2 and pressed against the floor whereupon the cake may be turned on endin the receptacle with the hands or tongs. With the cake on end there is plenty of room in the receptacle for left overs or bats of ice which are removed from the re- 1 frigerator.

It is to be noted that the `sloping en d wall 4 not only alfords an excess of room' or space in use of tongs in removing the ice from the vehicle and in carrying it to the refrigerator,l and there is no occasion for dirt `to collect on the receptacle and be transferred to the operators shoulder or carried into the building.

What I claim is:

1. An ice carrier comprising a. 'flexible receptacle, a handle secured to one end wall of the receptacle at the front edge thereof, the opposite end wall being inclined outwardly, ice engaging members secured tothe latter end wall and to the opposite side walls adjacent the upper edge thereof and adapted to engage the ice when traction is placed onv the end wallhaving the handle thereon and a reinforcing element extending around the front of said receptacle and having the handle attached thereto.

2. A carrier for ice cakes consisting of a ilexible receptacle adapted to envelop an ice cake and having an open front wall and a bottom sloping downwardly from the front wall to the back wall to provide space for the accommodation of meltage and' ice chips, said receptacle being of general rectangular form.

3. A carrier for ice cakes consisting of a flexible receptacle adapted to envelop an ice cake and having an open front wall and a .bottom sloping downwardly from the front wall to the back wall to provide space for the accommodation of meltage and ice chips, said receptacle being of general rectangular form, a reinforcing band extending around the open front of said receptacle, and a handle secured to the reinforcing band at the top of said receptacle.

4. A carrier for ice cakes consisting of a, flexible receptacle adapted to envelop an'ice cake and having an open front wall and a bottom sloping downwardly from the front wall to the back wall toprovide spacefor the accommodation of meltage and ice chips, said receptacle being of general rectangular form, a reinforcing band extending around the open front of saidV receptacle, a handle secured to the reinforcing band at the top of said receptacle, and Ameans secured vto the bottom of the receptaoleadapted to be engaged by the foot of the operator during manipulation of the ice in the receptacle. d 1

5. A carrier for ice cakes consisting of a flexible receptacle adapted to envelop an -ice cake and having an open front wall and a bottom sloping downwardly from the front wall to the back wall toprovide space for the accommo-` dation of meltage and ice chips, said receptacle being of general rectangular form, a reinforcing band extending around the open front of said receptacle, a handle secured to the reinforcing band at the top of said receptacle, a stiffening reinforcement extending around the top edge of the receptacle, and a second stiffening reinforcement extending around the bottom edge of the receptacle. 6. A carrier for ice cakes comprising a exible 'receptacle adapted to envelop an ice cake and having an open face, a flexible reinforcing band of non-resilient z naterial extending around the open face of said receptacle and adapted to conform to thelb'ottom and sides of a cake, a handle secur'ed to the reinforcing band and a plurality of pronged cleats secured to the said band and the adjacent walls of the receptacle and projecting inwardly from said walls.

`HAROLD D.y EWARD. 

